I don't mind the electoral college too much, but I think that all states should use the Maine / Nebraska method. As a matter of interest, has there been any serious attempt to introduce that anywhere else?
Noooooooooo!
If the undemocratic ME/NE method had been adopted in each state Obama might not have won the 2008 presidential election.
Take a look at Indiana and North Carolina, each of which he won:
Indiana would have given him 3 EV and 6 EV to McCain.
In North Carolina Obama would have received 6 EV, compared to McCain's 7 EV.
A proportional allocation of the electoral votes could be a good compromise.
The calculation's been done, and while I don't recall the exact results, Obama would have still won under he Maine/Nebraska method.
Okay, but it'd be possible that close elections like 2000, 1992, 1976 or 1960 could have come to different results with the CD-method.
I don't see why the fact that past elections would have had a different result is a reason to not want a system.
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